VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage Training

Course Description

VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management & VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration.

This course collection gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. Professional will build on their skills in configuring and managing VMware Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. Professional learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, professionals will learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform and also learn how to install and configure VMware Horizon® Connection Server™, VMware Unified Access Gateway™, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.

Prerequisites for this training

Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server® and access the guest operating system
Create snapshots of virtual machines
Configure guest customization specifications
Modify virtual machine properties
Convert a virtual machine into a template
Deploy a virtual machine from a template
Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server® and access the guest operating system
Create snapshots of virtual machines
Configure guest customization specifications
Modify virtual machine properties
Convert a virtual machine into a template
Deploy a virtual machine from a template

Who should attend this course?

Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course. These individuals are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services. Additional duties can include the implementation, support, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure.

What you will learn

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
Use VMware vSphere® to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon
Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops
Install and configure Horizon Agent on Horizon desktop
Configure and manage the VMware Horizon® Client™ systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
Monitor the Horizon environment using Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements.
Describe the authentication and certification options for a Horizon environment
Recognize the integration process and benefits of VMware Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8
Discuss performance and scalability options available in Horizon 8
Describe different security options for the Horizon environment

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Real-world knowledge activities and scenarios
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Practice Tests
Knowledge acquisition and exam-oriented
Interactive online course.
Support from an approved expert
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Curriculum

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Horizon

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon

Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

Introduction to Use Case

Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes

vSphere for Horizon 8

Explain basic virtualization concepts

Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your vCenter Server system and VMware ESXi™ hosts

Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine

VMware Horizon Desktops

Create a Windows and a Linux virtual machine using vSphere

Optimize and prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

VMware Horizon Agents

Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines

Create a gold master for Windows Horizon desktops

VMware Horizon Pools

Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment

List the steps to add desktops to the VMware Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory

Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools

Outline the steps to create an automated pool

Define user entitlement

Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

VMware Horizon Client Options

Describe the different clients and their benefits

Access Horizon desktop using various Horizon clients and HTML

Configure integrated printing, USB redirection, and the shared folders option

Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams

Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

List the advantages of instant clones

Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools

Set up an automated pool of instant clones

Push updated images to instant clone desktop pools

Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool

Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool

Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool

Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client

Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of RDSH farms

Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

Monitoring VMware Horizon

Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard

Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool

Horizon Connection Server

Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture

Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features

Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server

Configure the Horizon event database

Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server

Discuss the ADAM database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates

Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports

Describe the Smartcard authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports

Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and custom roles

Describe the roles available in a Horizon environment

Explain the role that certificates play for Horizon Connection Server

Install and configure certificates for Horizon Connection Server

Install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment

Workspace ONE Access & Virtual Application Management

Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access

Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features

Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access

Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access

Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration

Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability

Describe the purpose of a replica connection server

Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization

Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8

List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment

Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA

Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

Managing VMware Horizon Security

Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections

Describe how to restrict Horizon connections.

Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway

List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway

List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules

Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three network interfaces

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